Companies will have to conform to new standards on tackling climate change to keep their places in the FTSE’s index of socially responsible investments.

UP to 40 elderly patients are left in the care of a single nurse in some elderly care units because of staffing shortages, delegates at the Irish Nurses Organisation (INO) AGM heard yesterday.

The Green Flag British Touring Car Championship reaches the halfway point when it reaches Mondello Park in Co Kildare on Sunday with team-mates James Thompson and Yvan Muller locked in a race for the title.